Crich Tramway Village - home of the National Tramway Museum

Take a tram ride through time. Step aboard a vintage tram and travel back in time along a recreated village street complete with working pub. Explore fascinating exhibitions and watch trams being restored from the Workshop Viewing Gallery. Plus children’s playground, tea-rooms, shops, and Woodland Walk & Sculpture Trail.

New for 2011 is the George Stephenson Workshop Discovery and Learning Centre. Come and explore the story of the Museum site and find out why trams were seen as the solution to inner city overcrowding.

The entire collection of this museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.

The entire collection of this museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.

Home to over 70 trams and a host of associated equipment, the Museum has sought to acquire an example of each important stage in the evolution of the British tramcar, a vehicle that dramatically influenced the growth of towns and cities. Significant foreign tramcars are also included. Selected tramcars are operated in a period street setting, thus allowing trackwork and overhead fittings to be viewed by the public in context. This is complemented by 16,000 square feet of exhibitions. The extensive library, archive, photographic and postcard collections, with material which ranges from company records and contemporary journals to personal items such as uniforms and papers, provides a source for the technical, social and economic history of urban transport world-wide.

Collection details

Social History, Science and Technology, Land Transport, Archives

Key artists and exhibits

• Designated Collection